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November 2020 MSOS Member Briefing
Post date: 4 years 1 week ago

Sign up now for the next MSOS Member Briefing webinar scheduled to be held on Thursday, November 19, 2020 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET.
Register Now: https://ecri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_loWq1CLwQ46GCmie6oYWUA

Short medication safety-related presentations for this webinar will include:

• Medication Safety Strategic Planning for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs
Ghadeer Banasser, PharmD, CPHQ, FISMP, Medication Safety Specialist, Saudi Medication Safety Center, MNG-HA

• Hidden Losses: A Discovery on Patient Care Rounds
Dan Sheridan, MS, RPh, Medication Safety Pharmacist, OhioHealth Marion General Hospital & Hardin Memorial Hospital

• Standardizing Use of Auxiliary Labeling
Joanie Cook, PharmD, BCPS, CPPS, Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, Saint Francis Medical Center

September 2020 MSOS Member Briefing
Post date: 4 years 2 months ago

Sign up now for the next MSOS Member Briefing webinar scheduled to be held on Thursday, September 24, 2020 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET.
Register Now: https://ecri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7lrBZq_HSzeWB58K5tawrA

Short medication safety-related presentations for this webinar will include:

• Prioritizing Work Through Strategic Planning
Christopher Walsh, PharmD, FISMP, Medication Safety Officer, PennState Health St. Joseph

• System Change Reports
Eileen Kasda, DrPH, MHS, Assistant Director, Patient Safety Analytics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

• Nonsterile Compounding Medication Event
Casey M. Moore, PharmD, Medication Safety Pharmacist- Pediatrics, Pharmacy Cleveland Clinic

• ISMP Update
Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), FASHP, President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Free Webinar on Enhancing Your Error Reporting Program
Post date: 4 years 2 months ago

Want to hear from ISMP about how you can get more value from your internal medication error and adverse event reporting program? Attend a free international webinar on September 15, 2020, from 7:00-8:00 am ET to find out how healthcare organizations worldwide can better gather key information, analyze error data, and identify medication safety risks. For more information or to register: https://ismp.org/events/enhancing-your-medication-error-reporting-progra...

July 2020 MSOS Member Briefing
Post date: 4 years 4 months ago

Sign up now for the next MSOS Member Briefing webinar scheduled to be held on Thursday, July 23, 2020 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET.
Register Now: https://ecri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qKo3g7JkT3KgblfLClqEOw

Short medication safety-related presentations for this webinar will include:

• Eliminating Inadvertent Exposure with Patient Specific Scanning of Multi-Use Medications
Steve Mogridge PA-C, Medication Safety Manager, Spectrum Health
Megan Fletcher PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, Spectrum Health

• The Medication Safety Minute
Eileen Relihan PhD (Pharm), MSc.(Hosp Pharm), BSc.(Pharm), Dip LQH, MPSI, Medication Safety Facilitator, St. James’s Hospital Dublin, Ireland

•Pharmacy & Anesthesia: A Match Made in Medication Standardization and Safety Heaven
Jameika M. Stuckey PharmD, BCACP Medication Safety Manager University of Mississippi Medical Center

Inappropriate FentaNYL Patch Prescribing
Post date: 4 years 4 months ago

ISMP has received multiple reports recently about fentaNYL patches being inappropriately prescribed for opioid-naïve, elderly patients upon discharge from a hospital and transfer to a long-term care facility. This week’s ISMP newsletter featured article presents recommendations for system safeguards to avoid the risk of patient harm. For more, see: https://ismp.org/node/18707

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